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"I remember hearing a 'boom, boom' — and then Daddy collapsing right in front of me."
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"I remember hearing a 'boom, boom' — and then Daddy collapsing right in front of me."
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StoryCorps 535: Remorse
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"I just look forward to learning how to be a sister."
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"I just look forward to learning how to be a sister."
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StoryCorps 534: Ghetto Life 101
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“I was walking around with an army of hecklers behind me, constantly.”
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The Unedited Interview: Adama Bah and Deleen P. Carr

Stories of Pride

LGBTQ voices, recorded as part of StoryCorps OutLoud

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"You said that you were in the wrong body, that you should be a man."
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"You said that you were in the wrong body, that you should be a man."
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"It kinda threw me for a whammy."
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"It kinda threw me for a whammy."
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"I thought that this was going to be a recipe for disaster."
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"I thought that this was going to be a recipe for disaster."
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"My name is John Banvard. I am 100 years of age."
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"My name is John Banvard. I am 100 years of age."

Animations

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A Good Man
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The Saint of Dry Creek

Immigrant Voices

Stories about coming to and navigating life in the United States

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"He said, 'When the border patrol changes shifts, you're going to run.'"
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"He said, 'When the border patrol changes shifts, you're going to run.'"

Blanca Alvarez tells her daughter, Connie, about crossing the border into the U.S. from Mexico, and the jobs that she and her husband worked after their arrival to provide for their family.
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"He was talking about this feeling that he had that he was going to die."
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"He was talking about this feeling that he had that he was going to die."

George Rincon and Yolanda Reyes, remember their son, Army Private First Class Diego Rincon, who received U.S. citizenship after he was killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq in 2003.
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"I had heard all these horror stories about crooks and gangsters..."
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"I had heard all these horror stories about crooks and gangsters..."

Juliet Jegasothy, who is originally from Sri Lanka, tells her friend Sheena Jacob about adjusting to life in the United States.
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StoryCorps 493: Being Human, There or Here
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StoryCorps 493: Being Human, There or Here

Following the story of Philip, an Iraqi interpreter who worked with the U.S. Army in 2009 as he immigrates to Minnesota and tries to reunite his family.